Improvement in stripping, peeling, and splitting apparatus



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S. KUH. Stripping. Peeling and Splitting Apparatus Patented Nov.24,1874.

INVENTOR UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

SOL KUH, OF JEFFERSON, IOWA.

IMPROVEMENT IN STRlPPlNG, PEELING, AND SPLlTTlN-G APPARATUS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 157,073, dated November24. 1874; a plication filed August 31, 1874.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, SOL KUH, of J efi'erson, iii the county of Greeneand State of Iowa, have invented a new and valuable Improvement inStripping, Peeling, and Splitting Apparatus; and I do hereby declarethat the following is a full, clear, and exact description of theconstruction and operation of the same, reference being had to theannexed drawings, making a part of this specification, and to theletters and figures of reference marked thereon.

Figure 1 of the drawing is a representation of a front view. Fig. 2 is avertical sectional view of the same. Fig.3 is a top view. Figs. 4 and 5are detail views.

This invention has relation to means for stripping leaves, bark, andother appendages from stalks, brush-wood, and other like material, forthe purpose of preparing the same to be bound in the form of a flat web,to be used for covering floors, and for other purposes.

The nature of my invention consists in the employment of a groovedguide-apron and an anti-friction roller, in combination with thestrippers, as will be hereinafter explained.

The following description of my invention will enable others skilled inthe art to understand it.

In the annexed drawings, A designates a rectangular frame of wood ormetal, and of any suitable capacity, which frame is supported firmly ina vertical position. B B designate two metal plates, which are held inthe same plane in frame A by the vertical ends thereof, and also bymeans of intermediate guidingstrips a. The adjacent edges of the platesB B are held together by means of helical springs b in slotted tubes 0,which tubes are located near the corners of the strippingplates. 0 O areholes, which are formed by making semicircular scores in the meetingedges of the plates B B, which holes are of different diameters, adaptedfor stalks of different sizes.

It will be seen by reference to Fig. 2 that on one side of the platesburr edges e surround the holes 0, which will easily strip the leavesfrom the stalks or the twigs, and, if desired, the bark from branches.edges 0, one or more of the larger holes 0 may be provided with cuttingor stripping tubes 6, formed of two half-tubes suitably secured to theplates B.

In addition to the stripping-plates I employ an inclined table, D, whichis inclined, as shown, and sustained by means of hooks or theirequivalents. The surface of the inclined table D is corrugated, and thegrooves or channels thereof are in line with the holes 0, and formpassages for guiding the stalks or other material to the several holes.At the upper end of the table D is an anti-friction roller, G, theobject of which is to reduce friction on the material While drawing itthrough the holes G and stripping it.

It will be seen, from the above description, that the springs b willallow the plates B to yield and accommodate themselves to the stalks andother material while stripping the same.

Figs. 4 and 5 show a modification of the stripping-tubes e, and consistsin combining therewith an internal tube, 6, and radial blades, f. Bythus subdividing the tubes, stalks and other material drawn through themmay be divided into any number of strips at the same time that theleaves, twigs, and bark are removed.

What I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

The inclined and grooved or corrugated table D, provided with a roller,G, and combined with stripping-plates B B, substantially as described.

In testimony that I claim the above I have hereunto subscribed my namein the presence of two witnesses.

- SOL KUH. Witnesses:

C. H. J AOKSO'N, MAHLoN HEAD.

Instead of the burr-

